New to android and have a galaxy tab

Hi there, here i am with much debate with the tab nearly had the ipad but already have a 3gs iphone so wanted something different in the end. Now im wondering if iv made the right choice!?

Any advice of what this can do or is capable of and recommend some good/ usefull / fun apps?
Thank you ; please be gentle im a female and only have had symbian phones before this an the iphone so its all very scarey not to mention i should be blonde